Deville
"deville" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Deville” is uncommon English (frequency #57,338 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,338
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A commune in Ardennes department, Grand Est, France.
Corpus desk
Index EN-deville · Deville · English
Deville · rank #57,338 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,338
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH dhamma
Nearest frequency peer: dhamma (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “Deville”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- deplore
deplore
42,667 corpus weight
- depressingly
depressingly
42,666 corpus weight
- destitution
destitution
42,665 corpus weight
- Deville
Deville
42,663 corpus weight
- dhamma
dhamma
42,662 corpus weight
- Dili
Dili
42,661 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Deville” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Deville |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #57,338 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Deville” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Deville is uncommon English at frequency #57,338 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Deville, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French Deville. The correct English form is Deville, spelled D-E-V-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1A commune in Ardennes department, Grand Est, France.
- 2A census-designated place in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States.
- 3A surname from French.
Etymology
From French Deville.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).